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9th ENV 5.2
9th ENV 5.2 OUTLINE THE CYCLING OF MATTER
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| CARBON CYCLE | CARBON CYCLE: THE _____________ ____________________IS THE MOVEMENT OF CARBON FROM THE NONLIVING ENVIRONMENT INTO LIVING THINGS AND BACK TO THE ENVIRONMENT. |
| CARBON | CARBON CYCLE: _______________________IS THE ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF PROTEINS, FATS, AND CARBOHYDRATES, WHICH MAKE UP ALL ORGANISMS |
| PRODUCERS | CARBON CYCLE: _______________________CONVERT CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE ATMOSPHERE INTO CARBOHYDRATES DURING PHOTOSYNTHESIS |
| CONSUMERS | CARBON CYCLE: ________ __OBTAIN CARBON FROM THE CARBOHYDRATES IN THE PRODUCERS THEY EAT. |
| CARBON DIOXIDE | CARBON CYCLE: DURING CELLULAR RESPIRATION , SOME OF THE CARBON IS RELEASED BACK INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AS ______ _________. |
| LIMESTONE | CARBON CYCLE: SOME CARBON IS STORED IN _____ ______, FORMING ONE OF THE LARGEST "CARBON SINKS" ON EARTH. |
| DIES | CARBON CYCLE: CARBON IS STORED IN THE BODIES OF ORGANISMS AS FATS, OIL, OR OTHER MOLECULES, MAY BE RELEASED INTO THE SOIL OR AIR WHEN THE ORGANISMS ___. |
| FOSSIL | CARBON CYCLE: THESE MOLECULES MAY FORM DEPOSITS OF COAL, OIL, OR NATURAL GAS. WHICH ARE KNOWN AS _________ FUELS. |
| FOSSIL FUELS | CARBON CYCLE: HUMANS BURN __________ ______, RELEASING CARBON DIOXIDE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. |
| CARBON DIOXIDE | CARBON CYCLE: INCREASED LEVELS OF _______ ______ CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE CHANGE. |
| GREENHOUSE GASE | CARBON CYCLE: CARBON DIOXIDE IS A ________ _____ ___ ALONG WITH WATER VAPOR AND OTHER GASES. |
| WARMING | CARBON CYCLE: GREENHOUSE GASES ABSORB AND RERADIATE INFRARED ENERGY, _________ EARTH. |
| NITROGEN CYCLE | NITROGEN CYCLE: THE_____________ ______ IS THE PROCESS IN WHICH NITROGEN CIRCULATES AMONG THE AIR,SOIL,WATER,PLANTS, AND ANIMALS IN AN ECOSYSTEM. |
| PROTEIN | NITROGEN CYCLE: ALL ORGANISMS NEED NITROGEN TO BUILD ________, WHICH ARE USED TO BUILD NEW CELLS. |
| 78 | NITROGEN CYCLE: NITROGEN MAKES UP __ PERCENT OF THE GASES IN THE ATMOSPHERE. |
| USED | NITROGEN CYCLE: ONLY A FEW SPECIES OF BACTERIA CAN FIX ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN INTO CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS THAT CAN'T BE ____ BY OTHER ORGANISMS. THESE BACTERIA ARE KNOWN AS NITROGEN- FIXING BACTERIA. |
| NITROGEN-FIXING BACTERIA | NITROGEN CYCLE: _______-______ _________ ARE BACTERIA THAT CONVERT ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN INTO AMMONIA. |
| LEGUMES | NITROGEN CYCLE: THESE BACTERIA LIVE IN NODULES ON THE ROOTS OF PLANTS CALLED _________-, WHICH INCLUDE BEANS,PEAS,AND CLOVER |
| NITRATES | NITROGEN CYCLE: THE BACTERIA USE SUGER PROVIDED BY THE LEGUMES TO PRODUCE NITROGEN CONTAINING COMPOUNDS SUCH AS _______. |
| RETURNED | NITROGEN CYCLE: NITROGEN STORED WITHIN THE BODIES OF LIVING THINGS IS ________ TO THE NITROGEN CYCLE ONCE THOSE ORGANISMS DIE. |
| DECOMPOSERS | NITROGEN CYCLE: _________ BREAK DOWN DECAYING PLANTS AND ANIMALS, AS WELL AS PLANT AND ANIMAL WASTES. |
| PHOSPHORUS | PHOSPHORUS CYCLE _________ IS AN ELEMENT THAT IS PART OF MANY MOLECULES THAT MAKE UP THE CELLS OF LIVING ORGANISMS. |
| EATING | PHOSPHORUS CYCLE PLANTS GET THE PHOSPHORUS THEY NEED FROM SOIL AND WATER, WHILE ANIMALS GET THEIR PHOSPHORUS BY _________ PLANTS OR OTHER ANIMALS THAT HAVE EATEN PLANTS. |
| PHOSPHORUS CYCLE | PHOSPHORUS CYCLE THE ___________ ___________ IS THE CYLIC MOVEMENT OF PHOSPHORUS FROM THE ENVIRONMENT OF ORGANISMS AND THEN BACK TO THE ENVIRONMENT. |
| ROOTS | PHOSPHORUS CYCLE PLANTS ABSORB PHOSPHATES IN THE SOIL THROUGH THEIR ______. |
| WASHES | PHOSPHORUS CYCLE SOME PHOSPHATES ___________ OFF THE LAND AND ENDS UP IN WATER BODIES. |
| SALTS | PHOSPHORUS CYCLE BECAUSE MANY PHOSPHATES _____ ARE NOT SOLUBLE IN WATER, THEY SINK TO THE BOTTOM AND ACCUMULATE AS SEDIMENT. |
| FERTILIZERS | PHOSPHORUS CYCLE _________, WHICH PEOPLE USE TO SIMULATE AND MAXIMIZE PLANT GROWTH, CONTAIN BOTH NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS. |
| RUNOFF | PHOSPHORUS CYCLE EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF FERTILIZERS CAN ENTER TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH ________ ___. |
| ALGAE | PHOSPHORUS CYCLE EXCESS NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS CAN CAUSE RAPID GROWTH OF __________. |
| DEPLETE | PHOSPHORUS CYCLE EXCESS ALAGE CAN ________ AN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM OF IMPORTANT NUTRIENTS SUCH AS OXYGEN, ON WHICH FISH AND OTHER AQUTIC ORGANISMS DEPEND. |
| LIVING | CARBON CYCLE: Carbon exists in air, water and________________ORGANISMS |
| ATMOSPHERE | NITROGEN CYCLE: After decomposers return nitrogen to the soil, bacteria transforms a small amount of the nitrogen into nitrogen gas, which then returns to the___________________ to complete the nitrogen cycle. |
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